Chandrasekara Eswarar Temple, Shri Chandrasekaraswamy Temple / ஶ்ரீ சந்திரசேகரசுவாமி டெம்பிள், Pudugummidipoondi / New Gummidipoondi, Karumbukuppam, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.

The Visit to this Sri Chandrasekara Eswarar Temple at Pudugummidipoondi was a part of “Shiva, Maha Vishnu, Saptamatrikas and Jain Tirthankara Temples Visit”, in and around Gummidipoondi and Minjur on 13^th May 2023. This temple is also locally called Natarajar Temple. This temple is referred to in Tiruvallur Mavatta Tholliyal Kaiyedu along with a Vinayagar Temple, Just opposite this Shiva Temple. The Vinayagar temple is missing now.

Moolavar  : Sri Chandrasekarar

Consort    : Sri Deivanayaki

Some of the salient features of this temple are….

The temple faces east with a south side entrance mottai gopuram. Vinayagar, Murugan, and Ayyanar bas-reliefs are on the gopuram passage side columns. Stucco images of Natarajar, Sivakami, Thirugnanasambandar, Thirunavukkarasu Swamigal, Sundarar, and Manickavasagar are on the maha mandapam top. Bas relief of Kannappa Nayanar’s Purana and Ananda Sayana Perumal is also above the Kodungai along with two Devotees' Husband's wives. (Maybe the donors of the mandapam ). Stucco images of Shiva and Parvati are on the top of the east side entrance. Moolavar and Ambal are facing the same direction ie.. east. Moolavar  is on a square avudayar. Balipeedam and Rishabam are on the east side entrance.  In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu, Brahma and Durgai.

Prasanna Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Arumugar, Bairavar, Suriyan, Ambal Deivanayagi Amman, Natarajar with Sivakami and Manickavasagar, Chandrasekarar are in the maha mandaapaam. Vinayagar, Chandikeswarar, Navagrahas and Anjaneyar are in the outer praharam.

ARCHITECTURE

The temple consists of a sanctum sanctorum, antarala, ardha mandapam, and a common maha mandapam. The temple was renovated in the 20^th century. No architectural style was followed during the renovation. A 2-tier brick Vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum. Hope this main temple's compound walls are built with laterite stones, we do not know the fate of the old stones. The compound wall still retains the old laterite stones. The Maha mandapa was constructed during the Vijayanagara Nayakas period, which was not disturbed during the renovations.

The walls are constructed with laterite stones

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

It is claimed that this temple was constructed during the Chozha Period, but couldn’t find any details to prove the same. A renovation inscription tablet is fixed in front of the Natarajar sannidhi with the two donors' images. The inscription is a little damaged, but readable to some extent.

கல்வெட்டு வாசகம்

……………………………………………….. பெரியப்பா

ளையம் நகரத்தாரில் கண்ணந்

செய்பு சேகர கோயில் திருப்பணி

வேலை நிற்றசதா சேர்வை

This 17^th Century CE inscription records that Chinnama Nayina of Periyapalayam had done some thirupani to this temple and the same was continued by Thummani’s son Thummani.

இக்கல்வெட்டில் பெரியபாளையம் என்னும் நகரைச் சேர்ந்த சின்னம நயினா என்பவர் இக்கோயிலுக்கு செய்த திருப்பணியைத் தும்மணி குமாரன் தும்மணி என்பவர் தொடர்ந்து செய்ததாகக் குறிப்பிடுகின்றது. இக்கோயிலின் பெயர் சந்திரசேகரர் கோயில் எனவும், இன்று சிற்றூராகவும், சிறப்பமைந்த அம்மன் கோயிலோடும் விளங்கும் பெரியபாளையம் நகரம் எனவும் இக்கல்வெட்டு குறிக்கிறது. எழுத்தமைதியைக் கொண்டு இக்கல்வெட்டு17-ஆம் நூற்றாண்டைச் சேர்ந்தது எனக்கொள்ளலாம்.

இக்கோயிலுள்ள சந்திரசேகர மூர்த்தியின் செப்புத் திருமேனியும் அழகு வாய்ந்தது. ஜடாமகுடத்தில் பிறைச்சந்திரனோடு, மேலிரு கரங்களில் மானும், மழுவும் கொண்டு கீழிரு கரங்களை அபய வரத முத்திரைகளிலிருத்தி விளங்கும் நிலை நன்கு சித்தரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. சோமாஸ்கந்தர், நடராசர் போன்ற செப்புத் திருவுருவங்களும் இக்கோயிலில் உள்ளன.

The temple has about 8 acres of Land which was given to lease, most of them are not paying anything properly to the Temple. A Defaulters list is displayed at the temple. 

The inscription is behind the Gajalakshmi Photo

The defaulter's List

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Apart from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on Pradosham, Maha Shivaratri, Annabhishekam, Arudra darshan, etc,.

TEMPLE TIMINGS

The temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS

The Dharmakartha may be contacted on his mobile at +91 9952025463 for further details.

HOW TO REACH

The temple is about 3.8 KM from Gummidipoondi railway station,  16 KM from Ponneri, 20 KM from Periyapalayam, 43 KM from Chennai Central and 60.6 KM from Tiruvallur.

The nearest railway station is Gummidipoondi. 

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

Bas-relief of Ananda Sayana Perumal 

Bas-relief of Kannappa Nayanar

Two Ambals

Bairavar 

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---